<<Also no one puts both MA and Ph.D. (note his spelling of PH.D) after their name,>>

They would if the Masters and Doctorate are in different disciplines.My friend is a physician but also has a Masters in psych: MD, MSMy former boss is an attorney and has a Masters in counseling: JD, MSThe director of my agency (same degrees as above): JD, MA

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Full article too vomit-inducing to reprint, but here are a few choice bits:

Quote:He collected homeless people from bus stops and brought them back to his Parma apartment-turned-dojo, where he would tell them to punch him.

"They would sleep in my closet, and I would give them food and shelter, and then we'd wake up in the morning, and we'd start all over again," he explains.

But after eating a full meal, the homeless apparently regained their quickness. One day a punch got through and shattered the commander's jaw so badly, he needed a metal plate put in.

Quote:"We do a lot of crazy things out there," says longtime student Bob Varda, a 58-year-old former semi-pro football player. "Like one day, Coal decided it was time for me to train with my feet in boxes. You know, I thought, 'What the heck?' And we did it, and it was very awkward. But after that my footwork definitely went up a couple notches."

Quote:He spent years exploring different disciplines -- kaji kempo, aikido, kali, even Bruce Lee's jie quan dao. But none gave him the answers he was searching for. In the end, it wasn't an ancient master, but motivational speaker Tony Robbins, who gave him his long-sought inspiration.

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